Ethics & Law
The most fundamental law of a nation or state
What is the constitution?
Courts that are between the lower courts and the highest courts
What is intermediate courts?
Major crimes punishable by imprisonment or death
What is felonies?
A violation of a person's right to be left alone
What is invasion of privacy?
An offer that has been changed by the offeree
What is a counteroffer?
The attempt to develop a means for determining the values of society
What is ethics?
Courts that hear cases involving young people
What is juvenile courts?
A person who is accused of a crime
What is a defendant?
In recent years the doctrine of strict liability has been applied
What is product liability?
A contract that is legally binding and fully enforceable
What is a valid contract?
Laws specifically passed by a governing body created for that purpose
What is statues?
The power and authority given to a court to hear a case and to make a judgment
What is jurisdiction?
Breaking and entering a dwelling place to commit a felony
What is burglary?
Anything that interferes with the property of another
What is a nuisance?
A contract in which both parties make promises
What is a bilateral contract?
Law based on custom and shared throughout the state or country
What is common law?
A forum for disputes involving scientific and technological controversies
What is the science court?
The oldest test of insanity in the United States
What is the M'Naghten rule?
One's interference with the rights of another
What is tort?
The six elements of a contract include: offer, acceptance, genuine agreement, consideration, capacity, and
What is legality?
The rules and procedures established by the regulatory agencies
What is administrative law?
The ADR process during which an evaluator examines the facts and the law and makes an evaluation of legal rights of each party
What is early neutral evaluation?
Double jeopardy is forbidden by this part of the constitution
What is the Fifth Amendment?
A wrongful act that injures another's reputation by making false statements
What is defamation?
An unenforceable contract will not be
What is upheld by a court of law?